GM CEO Whitacre says will step down Sept. 1

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  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    In case you hadn't heard the news this morning...

    GM CEO Whitacre says will step down Sept. 1 - Yahoo! Finance
    They mention that Akerson would be GM's fourth CEO in 18 months....
     
    #1 cwerdna, Aug 13, 2010
  2. bisco

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    from one damn fool to the next, in a long line of fools...:dizzy:
     
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    I love it . . . GM . . . only in America can a company go bankrupt ... forcing U.S. taxpayers to clean up untold acres of abandoned toxic manufacturing sights (while advertising how green they are) which will take decades ... then the U.S. government has to buy up 1/2 of its stock (or more) just to keep it afloat ... and in the midst of showing no intention of buying back its worthless stock, the outgoing leadership brags they're making a profit.
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    :eek:hwell:

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  4. V8Cobrakid

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    he stepped down early.... apparently sometime yesterday. surprise

    now a former ceo of nextel steps up...
     
    #4 V8Cobrakid, Aug 13, 2010
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    i wonder how much the golden handshake cost us?:cool:
     
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    GM Board Pressed Whitacre to Go or Stay Years to Aid IPO - Bloomberg

     
    #6 austingreen, Aug 13, 2010
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    Three golden parachutes in 1.5 years? That ought to cost a lot!
     
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    I've no idea why Obama administration puts Bush cronies in charge of GM.

    Carlyle group. Highly political with two Bushes in their ranks. If anyone has read “Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer” – the group has been mentioned with rather unflattering details.

    To me Carlyle group & Goldman represent all that is structurally wrong with the US economy.
     
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    and there are pleny more but they are two biggies.:mad:
     
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